Amazon Associates
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I use Amazon. Session only cookie. It's okay if you do alot of targeted volume and have a site centered around a certain subgenre or certain product (ie a specific tv show, movie, video game, etc)... otherwise, I wouldn't even bother with it.
I have tried it in the past with a few of my seo related sites. But if they check out the item and deiced to buy it later your sol. I changed the links over to eBay and never looked back.
At one time I was focused on the amazon associate program. One of the reasons why I am moving away from amazon is because it lacks the ability to create customized rss feeds. Amazon can create feeds, but not as good as Ebay.
Amazon is ok, but it needs to take an example from ebay. I can create a store front in amazon, embed it into my site and its takes several seconds to load.
The single banners are good, I like to use them in articles or around videos.
Amazon is ok, but it needs to take an example from ebay. I can create a store front in amazon, embed it into my site and its takes several seconds to load.
The single banners are good, I like to use them in articles or around videos.
I used to have a few Associate-o-matic sites. That's a really nice script for running amazon stuff, very configurable and looks nice. Finally stopped though, Amazon just pays too little.
Amazon can be great. I bet there are guys on this forum making a fortune with Amazon. Up to 10% on physical products really is not that bad and if you think about the size of the company you can understand that there must be some serious potential.
I think it depends what sort of numbers you're looking to do and how much effort you're willing to put in. I was direct linking up until about a year ago when it got too competitive for the high volume products. I also hated changing the prices for 50 products every day!
Its also highly annoying that they pay you net-60 when you can get people to sign up for a dating site and get paid next week!
If you're willing to do the research and put in the work achieving 100% ROI isn't that hard. Scaling it up was the problem for me but I'm sure it could be done in a big way..
I think it depends what sort of numbers you're looking to do and how much effort you're willing to put in. I was direct linking up until about a year ago when it got too competitive for the high volume products. I also hated changing the prices for 50 products every day!
Its also highly annoying that they pay you net-60 when you can get people to sign up for a dating site and get paid next week!
If you're willing to do the research and put in the work achieving 100% ROI isn't that hard. Scaling it up was the problem for me but I'm sure it could be done in a big way..
https://affiliate-program.amazon.co...assoc-center-2&pf_rd_r=&pf_rd_i=assoc_help_t2
How long do visitors have to add an item to their Shopping Cart after clicking on one of my Amazon links until I no longer earn a referral fee on their purchase?
You earn referral fees on any qualifying items placed in a customer's Shopping Cart within 24 hours of their arrival at Amazon.com via your Associates link. However, this 24-hour window closes once the customer submits his order or reenters Amazon.com through another Associate's link. Once the window is closed, you will not earn referral fees on any subsequent purchases. However, if the customer then returns to Amazon.com through one of your Associates links, this opens a new 24-hour window.
It is of course possible that a customer may arrive at Amazon.com via your Associates link, add an item to his Shopping Cart, and then leave Amazon.com without placing an order. As long as the item was added to the customer's Shopping Cart during this 24-hour window, you will still earn a referral fee if the order is placed before the Shopping Cart expires (usually after 90 days). The referral fee will not be credited to your Associates account until the customer has purchased the item, accepted delivery, and remitted full payment to Amazon.com.
How long do visitors have to add an item to their Shopping Cart after clicking on one of my Amazon links until I no longer earn a referral fee on their purchase?
You earn referral fees on any qualifying items placed in a customer's Shopping Cart within 24 hours of their arrival at Amazon.com via your Associates link. However, this 24-hour window closes once the customer submits his order or reenters Amazon.com through another Associate's link. Once the window is closed, you will not earn referral fees on any subsequent purchases. However, if the customer then returns to Amazon.com through one of your Associates links, this opens a new 24-hour window.
It is of course possible that a customer may arrive at Amazon.com via your Associates link, add an item to his Shopping Cart, and then leave Amazon.com without placing an order. As long as the item was added to the customer's Shopping Cart during this 24-hour window, you will still earn a referral fee if the order is placed before the Shopping Cart expires (usually after 90 days). The referral fee will not be credited to your Associates account until the customer has purchased the item, accepted delivery, and remitted full payment to Amazon.com.
I get 1/20th of the revenue from Amazon that I get from Ebay. Granted, I don't have Amazon links front and center all the time.
I attribute the difference to the fact that I promoted books on Amazon, while with Ebay I promote big-ticket items.
I attribute the difference to the fact that I promoted books on Amazon, while with Ebay I promote big-ticket items.
I'm in the low payout percentage - 4% - the crapper. But I do like Amazon a lot because they pay on time and they have beautiful ad widgets you can create. The carousel is fabulous.
I use it but only for one site built around a specific product. I have only really seen this product on Amazon and eBay. eBay tends to have lower quality and shadier looking sources for this product. For almost everything else I do eBay is much better.
I have mixed feelings for Amazon. And I hope one day they will remove the gazillion fucking links on every page they own, distracting the buyers from the true meaning of life, the "buy now" button.
HarveyJ
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Getting the volume for Amazon is the real killer. Insanely good promotion is pretty much the only way you can do it, which is hard to do, because someone will figure out a way to knock you off your peg even if you do manage to get to the top. Purchasing fruad just isn't doable because it'll catch up to you.
If you're a domainer, there's stuff like evolanding, which basically aggregate sales so they get into the higher margins, and then pass on a better margin to the affiliates that sign up to their stuff. One of their sites is www.mateteas.com (go to the deals section, right column, 3rd row... WTF?!)
You just register your tea related domain with them and point it to their site.
That said, I have no idea how effective sites like that are at monetization. It just takes the effort of making the store out of your hands is all.
We're going to be doing something like that when we do our expansion over the Xmas period... hopefully...
If you're a domainer, there's stuff like evolanding, which basically aggregate sales so they get into the higher margins, and then pass on a better margin to the affiliates that sign up to their stuff. One of their sites is www.mateteas.com (go to the deals section, right column, 3rd row... WTF?!)
You just register your tea related domain with them and point it to their site.
That said, I have no idea how effective sites like that are at monetization. It just takes the effort of making the store out of your hands is all.
We're going to be doing something like that when we do our expansion over the Xmas period... hopefully...
Amazon is actually great for some niches, it's also fucking kick ass for getting a site up and running. They pretty much have every product category and have a huge database of content you can use to setup your site initially. Something you can replace overtime with more profitable offers.
Baring in mind that it's pretty hard to get approved directly for some merchants (via linkshare/cj).
Baring in mind that it's pretty hard to get approved directly for some merchants (via linkshare/cj).
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